UAE Lottery winners channel prizes into education and community support
Recent winners Ananth Perumalsamy and Ahmed Kabeer plan to fund students and orphanages with AED1m (US$272,000).
Two recent UAE Lottery winners have said they will use their prizes to support education and vulnerable communities.
Ananth Perumalsamy, a Dubai resident from Tamil Nadu, India, won AED1m (US$272,000) and plans to help students unable to afford further education in his hometown. Ahmed Kabeer, also from India, said he will split his winnings to aid people in need, orphanages and business growth.
This is not the first time UAE Lottery winners have given away their prizes. Last October, Anilkumar Bolla, an expatriate from India living in Abu Dhabi, won the AED100m (US$27m) grand prize and said he intended to contribute to charitable causes in India following his life-changing win.
Since its launch, the UAE Lottery has awarded more than AED165m (US$44.9m) in prizes, delivering life-changing wins for players while also enabling many recipients to support families, charities and communities.
The lottery’s Lucky Day draw takes place weekly on Saturdays, offering a grand prize of AED30m (US$8.17m), a AED5m second prize (US$1.36m), and three AED100,000 winners (US$27,200) through the Lucky Chance draw.
